[Amorymeltzer]

There is! It's called Google Contributor - https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/ - and people seem to like it. I'm not sure it's gained a lot of traction, but it's a good idea, and Google's the one to do it, given their domination of the ad market.

[dazc]

It doesn't remove the paywall though?

It would be nice if it did but the incumbents seem to be more interested in all out war against the internet as opposed to finding a workable solution?